At the Winter Meetings in Nashville, TN, the Pirates trade 2B Neil Walker to the Mets in return for P Jonathon Niese; the Yankees send reliever Justin Wilson to the Tigers for prospects Luis Cessa and Chad Green; and the Athletics send 3B Brett Lawrie to the White Sox for two prospects.

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At the Winter Meetings in Nashville, TN, the Pirates trade 2B Neil Walker to the Mets in return for P Jonathon Niese; the Yankees send reliever Justin Wilson to the Tigers for prospects Luis Cessa and Chad Green; and the Athletics send 3B Brett Lawrie to the White Sox for two prospects.

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Broadcasting pioneer Graham McNamee is named the posthumous winner of the annual Ford C. Frick Award

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Broadcasting pioneer Graham McNamee is named the posthumous winner of the annual Ford C. Frick Award. He described every World Series from 1923 to 1934 for a national audience, as well as the first four All-Star Games